City catching up on rain-delayed jobs

Saturday

PORTSMOUTH — The Department of Public Works has been busy over the last week of dry weather catching up on projects delayed by the abnormally wet summer.

PORTSMOUTH — The Department of Public Works has been busy over the last week of dry weather catching up on projects delayed by the abnormally wet summer.

Portsmouth saw more than seven inches of rain above last year's totals from May through August, delaying traditional city public works summer projects such as roadway paving, new striping and city facility roof repairs.

There was 21 inches of rain in the city between May and August — compared to 14 inches between May and August last year.

Steve Parkinson, director of public works, said the department is pretty much all caught up on painting and roofing projects, thanks to the recent dry spell. But there are still quite a few paving projects that need to be completed.

"The last couple of weeks we've had some good weather so we've been catching up," he said. "The only things we're still behind on is paving, but we'll get most of it done before snow flies."

Parkinson said he has received some complaints about a section of Maplewood Avenue that was only partially done because of weather. He assured the public it would be fixed as soon as possible.

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